â¢ Border officials: 3 of 4 people crossing the border are from countries other than Mexico. â¢ State lawmaker: âTexas is not waiting for Washington to act.â. Last weekend, I visited McAllen, Texas, a hotbed of activity in the recent immigration surge on the U.S. â Mexico border.
Spanish Settlement. After the discovery of Cuba by Christopher Columbus at october 28 of 1492, the spanish settlement started in the Island. The Colonizers arrived and once and for all they imposed customs, culture and ways, that anything had to see with who they constituted the autochthonous population until then.
On Easter Sunday in 1513 de Leon named the new land âLa Floridaâ in honor of Pascua Florida, the Spanish Feast of the Flowers at Easter time. Georgia- Georgia was founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe, who had been granted a charter by King George II in 1732 to found a colony named after the king. Hawaii- Captain James Cook named the islands he discovered in 1778 the Sandwich Islands in honor of his patron the Earl of Sandwich.